Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypergentrification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-gen-tri-fi-ca-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Extreme, excessive gentrification.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Furthermore, with hypergentrification, how many or us would be priced out of the neighborhood?"
"Brooklyn accumulated its hipness, he says, by avoiding the “gauche” sort of hypergentrification that overwhelmed SoHo — perhaps because it had so much further to come."

Etymology

From hyper- + gentrification.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hypergentrification mean?: Extreme, excessive gentrification.
Where does hypergentrification come from?: From hyper- + gentrification.

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